S. 5526
Agricultural Act of 2026
Sponsor: John Boozman · 0 cosponsors
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I Commodities
A Commodity Policy
B Dairy
C Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance
D Administration
II Conservation
A Conservation Reserve Program
(a) In general. Section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting (other than an agreement described in subsection (e)) after this subchapter;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)(vi), by inserting or other appropriate practices, such as dryland agricultural uses and grazing, after conservation practices; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
(C) Updates to existing agreements
(i) In general
(I) Option to update. The Secretary shall provide an option to signatories to an agreement under this subsection to update the agreement, without renegotiating other provisions of the agreement, to include new incentives made available under this subchapter beginning on January 1, 2018, such as riparian forest buffer management payments.
(II) Matching funds. Requirements for matching funds described in paragraph (2)(B) shall not apply to the updates to an agreement described in subclause (I).
(ii) Drought and water conservation agreements. In the case of an agreement covered by subparagraph (B) of subsection (c)(5) entered into before the date of enactment of that subparagraph under which the payment rate is lower than the payment rate that would be calculated for the agreement under that subparagraph, the Secretary shall modify the agreement by calculating the payment rate in accordance with that subparagraph.
(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
(5) Drought and water conservation agreements
(A) Retirement of water rights. In the case of an agreement described in subsection (e) that includes a permanent retirement of water rights, the payment rates for annual payments shall be equal to the irrigated acre payment rates determined by the Secretary.
(B) Dryland agricultural uses. In the case of an agreement described in subsection (e) that permits dryland agricultural uses pursuant to paragraph (2) of that subsection, the payment rates for annual payments shall be equal to the difference between—
(i) the irrigated acre payment rates determined by the Secretary; and
(ii) the dryland acre payment rates determined by the Secretary.
; and
(4) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting subject to subsection (c)(5), before calculate.
(b) Seasonally flooded working lands habitat conservation agreements. Section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831a) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
(f) Seasonally flooded working lands habitat conservation agreements. In the case of an agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1) that addresses diminished quantity and quality of wetland wildlife habitats, the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable State technical committee established under section 1261(a), may—
(1) enroll other agricultural land on which the conservation concerns identified in the agreement can be addressed if the enrollment of such other agricultural land is critical to the accomplishment of the purposes of the agreement;
(2) if the agreement involves the maintenance of habitat for 1 or more wetland-dependent species on working cropland, permit seasonally flooded agricultural uses on such working cropland with the adoption of seasonal flooding and at least 1 best management practice; and
(3) calculate annual rental payments in a manner that—
(A) is comparable with annual costs to maintain other seasonally-flooded wetland wildlife habitats in the region; and
(B) ensures regional consistency in rental payment rates.
B Environmental Quality Incentives Program
C Conservation Stewardship Program
D Funding and administration
E Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
F Regional Conservation Partnership Program
G Forest Conservation Easement Program
H Other Conservation programs
III Trade
A Food for Peace Act
B Agricultural Trade Act of 1978
C Other agricultural trade laws
D Reports
IV Nutrition
A Supplemental nutrition assistance program
B Commodity distribution programs
C Miscellaneous
V Credit
A Farm Credit System
B Farm ownership and operating loans
C Administrative provisions
VI Rural Development
A Rural Electrification Act of 1936
I Rural broadband access
II Additional amendments
B Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
C Miscellaneous
I Rural care economy
II Other miscellaneous provisions
VII Research, Extension, and Related Matters
A National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
B Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
C Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
D Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
I Agricultural security
II Miscellaneous provisions
E Other Matters
VIII Forestry
A Forest data modernization
B Forest health and management
I Forest Service management
II State and private partnerships
III Timber innovation
C Forest conservation
D Land designations
E White oak resilience
F Other matters
IX Energy
X Horticulture
A Horticulture marketing and information
B Regulatory reform
XI Crop insurance
XII Miscellaneous
A Livestock
B National security
C Fertilizer
D United States grain standards reauthorization
E Year-Round E15 and RFS reform
F Other miscellaneous provisions